Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies at a Senate hearing in Washington on April 22, 2026. Alienated by Kennedy Jr.’s claims about autism, advocates for disabled students are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration’s shifting special education programs to his department. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) By MICHAEL C. BENDER and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG The Trump administration’s decision last week to put Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in charge of

By JOHNNY DÍAZ A driver in a Tesla vehicle that was engaged in automated driver-assistance mode crashed into a house in Texas on Friday night and killed a woman inside, authorities said. The driver, Michael Butler, was in a Tesla Model 3 about 8 p.m. local time and operating the car “with an automated driving assistance system,” the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on Saturday. The crash happened in Katy, Texas, about 30 miles west of Houston in Harris Count

The entrance to the biocontainment unit at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, Neb., March 5, 2020. Quarantine ended on Sunday for American passengers of a cruise ship that was hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak. (Tim Gruber/The New York Times) By MAIA SPOTO Quarantine ended on Sunday for American passengers of a cruise ship that was hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak. The passengers had been held for weeks at a federal facility in Nebraska. The quarantine was lifted at 2 p.m. Cent

Alexandria Gomez, who co-founded the Phillips Community Free Store in 2020 after the death of George Floyd, near her home in Minneapolis, May 8, 2026. During the federal immigration enforcement surge, she helped raise rent money for impacted families. (Caroline Yang/The New York Times) By CARI SPENCER When Kate Eubank showed up to Minneapolis City Hall in January to advocate a statewide eviction moratorium, she thought of a 5-year-old boy at her daughter’s school. Eubank had

Kevin Stull, right, fills out his ballot as Bryan Diaz waits to give a haircut at Ana’s Hair Salon, which was acting as a polling place, on primary election day in San Francisco, on June 2, 2026. Voters rejected more local taxes than usual in the June election, a sign that they are feeling the pinch from rising costs. (Minh Connors/The New York Times) By SOUMYA KARLAMANGLA Californians say they can’t afford housing. They find gas prices too high. And when they were asked at t

JoAnna Mendoza, a retired U.S. Marine, who is running for Arizona’s 6th Congressional District, in front of a mural at the Eloy Veteran Center in Eloy, Ariz., on June 16, 2026. Mendoza, a Democrat challenging Representative Juan Ciscomani in a tossup district, is leaning into her painful and unique life story to appeal to voters. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times) By ANNIE KARNI JoAnna Mendoza, the Democrat running to represent a southern Arizona congressional district

A family carries food, water, fuel, and other supplies back to their home along the Guadalupe River after devastating flooding in Ingram, Texas, July 5, 2025. Staffing cuts have reduced the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s workforce by about 20% over the past year and a half. (Jordan Vonderhaar/The New York Times) By SCOTT DANCE President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Cameron Hamilton, acknowledged earlier this week that sharp st

A sensor buoy in the Pacific, beyond San Francisco Bay, on Sept. 19, 2022. The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to dismantle a $368 million ocean monitoring system critical to understanding climate change and marine ecosystems, bowing to a bipartisan backlash on Capitol Hill, the New York Times reported on June 18, 2026. (Dexter Hake/The New York Times) By MAXINE JOSELOW The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to dismantle a $368 million ocean monitoring sy

Georgia gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson speaks at a campaign event in Jefferson, Ga., April 29, 2026. Jackson, a billionaire health care executive and newcomer to politics, defeated President Donald Trump’s chosen candidate in Tuesday’s runoff to secure the Republican nomination for the Georgia governor’s race, The Associated Press said. (Dustin Chambers/The New York Times) By PATRICIA MAZZEI President Donald Trump’s chosen candidates swept three Republican Senate primar

The U.S. Department of Education headquarters in Washignton, Nov. 13, 2025. The Trump administration announced on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, plans to move programs for disabled students into the Health and Human Services Department and the enforcement of civil rights laws in schools to the Justice Department, in the White House’s most aggressive move yet to dismantle the Education Department. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By MICHAEL C. BENDER and DAVID GOLDSTEIN The Trump admini